I is tired. And, I bet J.D. is too. He is such a good travel companion. cat_pet_icon
I tried going to our regular vet to pick up J.D.'s blood work, and first she had to check someone out, and then to answer a phone call and set up an appointment, and then it was my turn and she couldn't find the paper work anywhere. I said forget it, I am on my way to Tinton Falls, and I am nervous, I'll come back afterwards and pick it up in the client pick up box (thinking I would probably be home before they closed. Ha ha).
First we saw the Internal Medicine doctor. Her assistant came in first and asked if J.D. could walk and I said yes. Then the doctor came in and J.D. was all sprawled out on
his Ginger's fuzzy pink crate mat, and the doctor said can he walk? and I said yes. J.D. eventually was put on the ground and he walked all over and around and peed three times (big pees) on the floor. He kept eating little bits out of his can of FF Medleys, even though my main complaint was him not eating and his swollen tummy. I had a ton of questions, and I'll have to write more tomorrow, as they are scribbled all over 4 pieces of paper. She had to stop the question and answer period to inform me that it was time for J.D.'s Cardiologist appointment. She said she was going to do a "mini" $30.00 ultrasound as opposed to their regular $400.00 ultrasound just to see if what was bloating his tummy was fluids. Before she left with J.D., she asked me if I wanted to have a consult with the Nutritionist doctor. I agreed, even though it was getting late, and I was worried about the traffic on the way home.
Apparently, the Cardiologist got a hold of him first, because after waiting awhile, he came in and said that J.D.'s heart is good (more tomorrow), and that he was not getting an ultrasound from the Internal Medicine doctor.
While I was waiting, I was thinking of more and more questions..
When she finally came back in, she said she did the full ultrasound for the $30.00 price
because she was curious, and that all her findings matched the last ultrasound report. I got to ask my questions (more tomorrow).
I got to wait some more, and it was now 5:45pm and my alarm was going off to give J.D. his insulin and his insulin was at home. I told the Nutritionist doctor that I didn't have much time, and asked her her fee. Because she wouldn't be available for 3 more weeks, I just raddled a bunch of concerns and questions and she wrote down the concerns and I wrote down the answers.
The Cardiologist doctor said J.D. can have fluids and steriods (if we should decide to go that route) and the Internal Medicine doctor agreed. The Nutritionist doctor said that some times cats can have pancreatitis for a long time, and that J.D. was not unusual, and that cats can go for a year, before they just all of a sudden get over the hump and start to eat again. So, there is hope.
J.D. was so happy on the way home in all that traffic.
I was going to stop at the ER Veterinary Hospital to pick up his potassium supplement either on the way or on the way home, and since I was delayed in trying to pick up the paper work at J.D.'s regular vet, I did not have time to stop on the way. On the way home, the traffic going that way was stopped and J.D. was already over an hour late with his insulin, so I passed that vet by, quickly stopped at the regular vet on the way home to pick up his blood work, and got him home, gave him his insulin and 1st syringe feeding and ran out the door to go back to the ER Vet to pick up the potassium.
His 2nd syringe feeding is done, and I am going to sleep so well tonight. Sorry, for rambling. Can you tell I'm is tired?
Big hugs, Dyana.
